Mortar Bomb event in Aleppo, Aleppo - Al-Ashrafiyya area, Syrian Arab Republic on Mon 22nd December 2025

On 22 December 2025, armed clashes and mutual shelling took place between QSD and Syrian armed forces along several fronts in the city of Aleppo - Al-Ashrafiyya and Sheikh Maqsoud neighborhoods and in their vicinities with tank shelling, heavy weapons and mortars, killing one woman in Sheikh Maqsoud and injuring seven others in both neighborhoods. QSD is reported to have initiated the attack against Syrian police and armed forces in the vicinity of Al Ashrafiya neighborhood after unilaterally withdrawing from checkpoints which led to several Syrian police and soldier injuries. On the same day, Syrian army reinforcements including tanks, military vehicles and heavy weapons travelled to the vicinity of both neighborhoods. There were no fatalities.